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Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's status.
Torrance Coombs (born June 14, 1983) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Thomas Culpepper in The Tudors (2007–2010) and as Sebastian "Bash" de Poitiers, the illegitimate son of King Henry II of France and his chief mistress Diane de Poitiers in Reign (2013–2017) and Declan in The Originals.
He was born in Paris, in 1564 the son of an advocate who worked for Diane de Poitiers. He was employed as an official in Sens, and subsequently by Catherine de Gonzague, duchesse de Longueville , as bailli in the County of Dunois. Later in life he was in practice as a Paris advocate, and in 1620 was President of the Order of Advocates. [3]
As Henry lay dying, Queen Catherine limited access to his bedside and denied Diane de Poitiers permission to see him, even though he repeatedly asked for her. Following his death, Catherine sent Diane into exile, where she lived in comfort on her own properties until her death. [23] It was the practice to enclose the heart of the king in an urn.
There is also the mortuary chapel, built according to Diane de Poitiers' last wishes to contain her tomb, commissioned from Claude de Foucques by Diane's daughter, the Duchesse d'Aumale. In 1581, Henri III and his mother Catherine de' Medici came to the chapel to attend the baptism of the infant son of Charles, duc d'Aumale.
Catherine visits Diane de Poitiers and asks her to contribute to the palace and in return promises to rescind the law preventing her daughters from inheriting her estate. Catherine also asks Diane to look after her children while she procures funds for the palace in Italy. Rahima imparts to Catherine rumors that people survived the church fire.
Henri-Robert de La Marck was the son of Robert IV de La Marck and Françoise de Brézé daughter of Diane de Poitiers. [1] His father and grandmother were favourites of king Henri II and as such his family found itself in receipt of high privileges. [2] Henri-Robert married Françoise de Bourbon, the daughter of the duke of Montpensier. [3]
Françoise de Poitiers (b. 1499), who married Antoine III de Clermont, 1st Count of Clermont-Tonnerre, son of Bernardin de Clermont Tonnerre and Françoise de Sassenage. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Diane de Poitiers (1500–1566), who married Louis de Brézé, Seigneur d'Anet , a grandson of King Charles VII by his mistress Agnès Sorel , [ 8 ] in 1515.